Live Event / Dublin

Lakehouse Day

Wednesday 19 April | 10am

Microsoft Ireland, South County Business Park, One Microsoft Place, Carmanhall and Leopardstown, Dublin, D18 P521

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Discover the power of the Databricks Lakehouse at our live Lakehouse Day at Microsoft Ireland

Join us to find out how the lakehouse architecture unifies your data, analytics and AI, combining the best of data warehouses and data lakes on one simple platform. Built on an open and reliable data foundation that efficiently handles all data types, the lakehouse applies one common security and governance approach across all your data and cloud platforms.

 

Learn from leading global organisations on lakehouse best practices, and how the platform has become the destination for businesses of every size, in every industry and region around the world. There will also be opportunities to participate in technical quickstart training, product walkthroughs and in-depth customer breakout sessions.

 

Agenda

 

09:00 - 10:00

Registration

 

10:00 - 10:10

Welcome

Susie Dobing, Senior Partner Marketing Manager, EMEA, Databricks


10:10 - 10:30

Discover Lakehouse

Mary Downey, Senior Manager, Field Engineering, Databricks


10:30 - 11:00

Customer fireside chat - Journey to the Lakehouse, with Mark Vanni, COO, Trūata

Host: Mary Downey, Senior Manager, Field Engineering, Databricks


11:00 - 11:30

Break

 

11:30 - 12:15

Lakehouse Platform Walkthrough

Vuong Nguyen & Robert Whiffin, Solutions Architects, Databricks

 

12:15 - 13:15

Lunch

 

13:15 - 14:00

Breakout Sessions

  • IoT: Leverage IoT data on the lakehouse to reduce costs and increase throughput
    Maria Zervou, Senior Specialist Solutions Architect, Databricks

  • Supply Chain: Accelerating your time to market by optimising the supply chain with data and AI through demand forecasting and real-time insights.
    Som Natarajan, Solutions Architect, Databricks

  • Quickstart Lab part 1: Master the fundamentals of Databricks with hands-on learning
    Brian McConnell, Senior Solutions Architect, Databricks
    Robert Whiffin, Solutions Architect, Databricks
    Vuong Nguyen, Senior Solutions Architect, Databricks

 

14:00 - 14:45

Breakout Sessions

 

  • Digital natives roundtable: Bringing together data leaders in the digital native landscape to hear about and discuss how the Databricks Product Roadmap is solving challenges for digitally native companies
    Dina Elsokari, Sales Director, Databricks
    Som Natarajan, Solutions Architect, Databricks

  • FSI Roundtable: Join leaders in banking, insurance, capital markets and fintech on how they are delivering innovative data and AI use cases
    Eon Retief, Technical Director for Financial Services, Databricks

  • Quickstart Lab part 2: Master the fundamentals of Databricks with hands-on learning
    Brian McConnell, Senior Solutions Architect, Databricks
    Robert Whiffin, Solutions Architect, Databricks
    Vuong Nguyen, Senior Solutions Architect, Databricks

 

14:45 - 15:15

Break

 

15:15 - 15:45

Closing Customer Keynote from Alihan Zihna at CKDelta

 

15:45 - 16:00

Closing comments

Susie Dobing, Senior Partner Marketing Manager, EMEA, Databricks

 

16:00 - 18:00

Drinks & Networking

 

Speakers

Alihan Zihna

Mark Vanni

Mary Downey

Lead Data Scientist

CKDelta

Chief Operating Officer

Trūata

Senior Manager, Field Engineering

Databricks

Vuong Nguyen

Robert Whiffin

Susie Dobing

Senior Solutions Architect

Databricks

Solutions Architect

Databricks

Senior Partner Marketing Manager Manager, EMEA

Databricks

Eon Retief

Technical Director, Financial Services

Databricks

Maria Zervou

Senior Specialist Solutions Architect

Databricks

Som Natarajan

Solutions Architect

Databricks

Brian McConnell

Senior Solutions Architect

Databricks

Dina Elsokari

Director, EMEA

Databricks

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